PenneyĮvery gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things. – Carrie FisherĬhristmas is not just a time for festivity and merry making. It’s about being good to one another, it’s about the Christian ethic, it’s about kindness. I don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas. – David CameronĬhristmas, my child, is love in action. – Norman Vincent PealeĬhristmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us – a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead. – Alexander SmithĬhristmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united. – Jerry SeinfeldĬhristmas is the day that holds all time together. That’s the true spirit of Christmas people being helped by people other than me. – Ashley TisdaleĬhristmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
I love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth of the season. – Oren ArnoldĬhristmas is, of course, the time to be home – in heart as well as body. – Mary Ellen ChaseĬhristmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. SchulzĬhristmas, children, is not a date. – Peter BillingsleyĬhristmas is doing a little something extra for someone. ‘A Christmas Story’ has always meant a lot to me personally. Monsonįor many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in people than in things. The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself. Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. It warmed your heart and filled it too with a melody that would last forever. – Freya StarkĬhristmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl.
Steve MaraboloĬhristmas… is not an external event at all, but a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart. Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you. I believe in Father Christmas, and there’s no way I’d do anything to undermine that belief. – Pope FrancisĬhristmas is taken very seriously in this household. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it. God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas!Ĭhristmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.